From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
To: mkl@pengutronix.de
Cc: dhowells@redhat.com, socketcan@hartkopp.net,
linux-can@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] Disintegrate UAPI for can
Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2012 16:08:16 -0400 (EDT) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20121010.160816.1174547411763490557.davem@davemloft.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <5075D2AF.1010409@pengutronix.de>
From: Marc Kleine-Budde <mkl@pengutronix.de>
Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2012 21:55:27 +0200
> On 10/10/2012 08:00 PM, David Howells wrote:
>> Marc Kleine-Budde <mkl@pengutronix.de> wrote:
>>
>>> On 10/09/2012 03:30 PM, David Howells wrote:
>>>> Can you merge the following branch into the can tree please.
>>>>
>>>> This is to complete part of the Userspace API (UAPI) disintegration for which
>>>> the preparatory patches were pulled recently. After these patches, userspace
>>>> headers will be segregated into:
>>>>
>>>> include/uapi/linux/.../foo.h
>>>>
>>>> for the userspace interface stuff, and:
>>>>
>>>> include/linux/.../foo.h
>>>>
>>>> for the strictly kernel internal stuff.
>>>
>>> Nice work David. The upstream for can-next is David Miller's net-next
>>> tree. He doesn't like if I pull unrelated stuff into my tree, so I'm
>>> going to cherry pick your patch. This is not yet possible, as net-next
>>> doesn't include the latest patches from the 3.7 merge window, so that
>>> compilation breaks. After the merge window closes David Miller merges
>>> back the latest changes to net-next. I'll postpone your patch until
>>> then, this means the code will go into v3.8. I'm not familiar with the
>>> UAPI conversion, should your patch go via linux-can and David's net into
>>> v3.7?
>>
>> It's okay for the patch to go into 3.8 if that is easier for you. As it's
>> scripted, I can regenerate your branch after -rc1 if that helps too.
>
> I don't mind, as long as it compiles (using you tag), and it does, the
> patch doesn't break anything. From the linux-can and David Miller's net
> point of view, v3.7 is closed for new features just bug fixes are
> allowed. But I'm open to make an exception, if UAPI hits mainline in
> v3.7 on most subsystems. Hopefully David sees it the same way.
We're putting the UAPI stuff in now, don't delay this please.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-10-10 20:08 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-10-09 13:30 [GIT PULL] Disintegrate UAPI for can David Howells
2012-10-09 17:55 ` Oliver Hartkopp
2012-10-10 5:58 ` Marc Kleine-Budde
2012-10-10 17:40 ` Marc Kleine-Budde
2012-10-10 18:00 ` David Howells
2012-10-10 19:55 ` Marc Kleine-Budde
2012-10-10 20:08 ` David Miller [this message]
2012-10-10 20:23 ` Marc Kleine-Budde
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